赖世雄学英语第四册 lesson 6

　　[00:00.00]Lesson 6     Children's Welfare in China

[00:02.69]中国儿童福利状况

[00:05.38]A senior United Nations Children's Fund( UNICEF)

[00:13.84]official on May 29 praised China for its remarkable 1 achievements in children's welfare.

[00:18.83]联合国儿童基金会的一位高级官员于5月29日赞扬了中国在儿童福利方面取得的非凡成就。

[00:23.82]H.M.Farook,UNICEF's operations area officer for China and Mongolia,

[00:28.75]联合国儿童基金会中国和蒙古地区工作官员H。M。

[00:33.67]said that China:

[00:37.15]can be very satisfied to tell the Whole world

[00:43.10]what can be done with limited resource

[00:46.07]法鲁克先生说中国“可以满意地告诉全世界自己如何依靠有限的资源

[00:49.03]to help its children to grow healthily and happily.

[00:51.96]帮助儿童健康 快乐地成长。

[00:54.88]China's child population makes up one-fifth of the world's total.

[00:58.85]中国儿童占世界占世界总数的五分之一。

[01:02.82]The reason behind the tremendous 2 achievement

[01:08.60]is China's long tradition of caring for children both at home and in society.

[01:13.08]他说；能取得巨大成就的原因在于中国家庭与社会爱护儿童的悠久传统。

[01:17.56]he said.What's more.

[01:22.10]Chinese people have always given special at tention to children

[01:28.95]who are in special need.

[01:31.22]此外，中国人一直给予有特殊需要的儿童以特别的关注

[01:33.49]The UN official made the remarks when addressing a group of 50 children and staff

[01:42.35]from the Beijing Children's Welfare Home at the Shangri-la Hotel.Beijing.

[01:46.88]这位联合国官员是在北京香格里拉饭店给北京儿童福利院的50名孩子和工作人员讲话时发表的这些见解。

[01:51.41]The hotel invited the orphans 3 to share snacks.sing.

[01:58.36]dance and play games at a park inside the hotel for a Share the Sunshine.

[02:02.98]作为儿童节庆祝活动的序幕，饭店邀请孤儿们在店内的一个公园参加“分享阳光”晚会，

[02:07.61]party,which served as a prelude 4 to celebrations to mark the Children's Day.

[02:11.88]一起吃点心、唱歌、跳舞、做游戏。

[02:16.15]Pre-school Education

[02:18.78]学前教育

[02:21.40]When do children start school in your country?

[02:24.04]在你们国家，小孩什么时候开始上学？

[02:26.68]Normally at six.Before that,

[02:31.43]they spend several years in the kindergarten or pre-school education center.

[02:34.96]通常是6岁，上学之前，孩子们上几的幼儿园或是学前教育中心。

[02:38.48]But that's only in the cities,isn't it?

[02:41.11]但只是在城市情况才是如此，不是吗？

[02:43.74]Right.In the countryside,things are more complicated 5.

[02:47.07]对。农村的情况要复杂一些。

[02:50.40]Can kids in the countryside get equally good benefits

[02:56.56]and education like those in the cities?

[02:59.10]农村的孩子也能像城市的孩子一样得到很好的福利和教育吗？

[03:01.63]It depends.In some poor,underdeveloped areas,

[03:08.16]children's education is a problem.

[03:10.43]这要看情况，在一些贫穷，不发达的地区，孩子们的教育是个问题，

[03:12.71]Many kids cannot afford to go to school.

[03:15.88]很多孩子都上不起学。

[03:19.05]Pre-school Education

[03:23.77]学前教育

[03:28.48]When do children start school in your country?

[03:31.42]在你们国家，小孩什么时候开始上学？

[03:34.36]Normally at six.Before that,

[03:39.22]they spend several years in the kindergarten or pre-school education center.

[03:42.80]通常是6岁，上学之前，孩子们上几的幼儿园或是学前教育中心。

[03:46.38]But that's only in the cities,isn't it?

[03:49.00]但只是在城市情况才是如此，不是吗？

[03:51.63]Right.In the countryside,things are more complicated.

[03:54.81]对。农村的情况要复杂一些。

[03:58.00]Can kids in the countryside get equally good benefits

[04:03.96]and education like those in the cities?

[04:06.58]农村的孩子也能像城市的孩子一样得到很好的福利和教育吗？

[04:09.21]It depends.In some poor,underdeveloped areas,

[04:15.87]children's education is a problem.

[04:18.10]这要看情况，在一些贫穷，不发达的地区，孩子们的教育是个问题，

[04:20.34]Many kids cannot afford to go to school.

[04:31.66]很多孩子都上不起学。